Daily Republican., 1887-07-16
NEWS SUMMARY.
Kain-stornns and Cloud Bursts - Two
Engines ana Thirteen Loaded Cars
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Kain- Storms and Cloud Bursts - Two
Destroyed.
A telegram from Tucson reports that
Southern Arizona has been visited by
very sevsro rain-storms and cloud.
bursts d durIr q the paat eight days. The
Santa Cruz river Is more than q mile
vide, and washouts on tho railroaj
have been frequent and numerous. A
large quantity of stock has been
drowned. On Wednesday a loaded
freight train was carried away by o
cloui burst in Canon Dsore.
The steamer Carroll arrived At Boston
yesterday from Halifax with % psssen.
CERES OF the wrecked steamer Merri.
mack. They appeared to be iu good
health. They say they saw no organ.
izsd attempt Of robbery by the crew OF
any marked degree Of drunkenness as
has been charged, although . few pieces
of baggage wero broken open and ri.
fed, and some Of the crew were under
the Influence Of liquor.
A freight train and . stock train on
the Burlington and Missouri Railroad
bridge rear Lincoln. NebraSka. The
bridge caught Gre ard two epsines and
thirteen loaded cars were destroyed,
including two cars full OF cattle. The
loss 10 essimate1 81 nearly s2lO, ,000.
The train men saved themselves by
jumping off before the collision.
An unknown hiphwaymsn entered
the store Of John ID. Laugworthy, nj
kshway, Rhode Island, near the Ccn
lnecticut border, on Thursday, and al
the point Of the pistol, forced Lang
worth, vino was alone in the shop. tC
hand over his watch and the content,
Of the money drawer, about $40. Tht
-ohber escaped into Connecticut.
1t Ia reported from Pl,tsburg that
Notwithstanding the shut down of tb,
blast furnaces on account OF the COX,
strike, the ore shipments from the lake
show large increase over last year
and 1t is estimated that the production
this year will be l 100000 ton in exces
OF wha. 1t was In 1886.
Three children of August William
son, aged respectively q, 10 and l.
years, while playing with fve,racker
at Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, O,
Thursday night, exploded q box O
powder near by. The youugess chill,
was killed, but the others are e1p;ctet
to recovtr.
An oil eau exploded in the house O
j. l. Smith, ut Latrobe, Pa, on Thu,t
day night, fatally burning q yoaus so
OF AR. Smith and two colored boys. a
dreensourg, petroleum exolosio
burned 10 death Mrs. Forsythe and dt
stroyed ter house.
When the steamer Caspian, which
on jane dth in fog, while on her va
from Baltimore TO Liverpool, struck o
5amb;o, while making for Halifax hal
boz, WAS dDlked ia Englaad it wa
found tbst she came in Goa tact with
Submerged wreck.
Joy Cooke, banker aud broker {
Washington, son of ex Governor Hanr
D. Cooke, and nephew OF Jay Caokt
formerly banker in PGiia1elpbia, die
Yesterday in Georgetown, District {
IColumbia.
1t 10 said In Ottawa that Sir AiexaI
der Campbell IL going t1 New!oundlAn
70 ondeevor TO induca that colony I
tjoin the Canadian confederation. Th
lnew Government OF Newfoundland
said to favor the project.
| The largest sale OF con iscated good
lever hold IN San Francis was made b
tae U. s. Marshal on Thursday. !. cor
lsisted OF merchandise seized from Oh
neae steamers, Including Sa6 500 wort
of opium.
| Meredith Mnnsell, co,ored, and one
his children were killed by rgatnr
while at dinner In Pickens Count,
lSouth Carolina, on Friday. His wi
and four other children were injured.
- Charles Crosse, Q furniture manuta
tu7er AND real estate owner, OF CirCir
natl, hanged himself in his factory 0
Friday morning becau.e he va, ARA
of becoming poor.
] Bernard j. Michenfelder, so1 of
4 wealthy brewer. died yesterday
d troit, from hydrophobis. He ws
bi ten by pst dog f ve weeks ago.
Secretary Bsyard yesterday receive
a dispatch from oar Minister st Hon
lulu, dated The 55h instant, stating th;
affairs were then quiss IN Hawai-.
A disease, supposed to he Texas fave
nas broken cut III herd of cattle
5anqsncn County, Illinois, and sever
iea;as occur datly.
) Seven rev cases OF fever and I
deaths were reported yesterday IA Kt
West.
II Dor;rg the last three iayR 473 dsa.l
l have been rspor.ed in Na~ Yogk.
Anold Penny.
George Lloyd, a la0lrcr employed
ri Davis u Brother, PAYERS and contractor